Zophar Mills was a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1883 to 1958. She was the department's first iron-hulled vessel and had a pumping capacity of per minute.
Around 1882, Zohpar Mills reportedly collided with a pier at Little 12th Street (the present-day location of Little Island at Pier 55).[1]
According to some accounts, she was the first fireboat called to the burning of, where over a thousand people died. Other accounts say was the first fireboat to be dispatched.